Work & commute · Rankin

Work & commute in Rankin, TX

Most working residents leave Rankin for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (15%), Odessa (4%) and Abilene (3%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

41 of 371 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 330 Rankin residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rankin.

330live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rankin goes to work

Midland56.1 mi away

15%55

Rankin (in town)right here

11%41

Odessa51.2 mi away

4%15

Abilene154.6 mi away

3%12

San Angelo89.1 mi away

3%11

Grape Creek85.7 mi away

2%7

Big Lake28.8 mi away

2%6

Houston402.4 mi away

2%6

McCamey17.8 mi away

1%5

Lubbock161.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%208

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rankin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

17%

70%

17%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

70%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rankin is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rankin are

266 jobs are based in Rankin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rankin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rankin

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Rankin residents hold

371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5220%

Jobs based in Rankin, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 266. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.